So, I was listening to some chick on NPR talk about her new memoir — who doesn’t have a memoir out by now? — me…. anyways, she was talking about how she’d blacked out all the time and that black outs were not the same as passing out, but rather you could be totally awake and interacting with people but not remember any of it later on. 258 more words

If you’ve never blacked out, you’re a better person than most of your colleagues and a majority of the people you went to school with. In scientific terms, alcohol interferes with brain receptors in your hippocampus, rendering all memories from a certain time period null and void. 807 more words